Josh Brolin slams Academy over Oscar snub, jokes he's going to 'quit acting'

Josh Brolin joked astir quitting acting arsenic helium criticized the Academy for snubbing "Dune: Part Two" manager Denis Villeneuve.

Brolin, who has starred successful some "Dune" and "Dune: Part Two," had antecedently threatened to discontinue acting if Villeneuve's enactment successful the sequel were not recognized.

"Just privation to accidental congratulations connected the ‘Dune’ champion representation nomination, to Greig Fraser connected cinematography, for champion ocular effects, for Patrice [Vermett] connected accumulation plan and for sound," Brolin said successful a video shared to his Instagram story. "Apparently, I americium going to discontinue acting due to the fact that Denis Villeneuve didn’t get nominated."

"This is conscionable however this happening works," helium added. "It makes nary consciousness to me. That’s OK. [Editor] Joe Walker and Denis, you merit it. It’s an astonishing film. It was adjacent amended than the archetypal one. The radical who person gotten accolades surely merit it. Happy to beryllium a portion of it. Congrats everyone."

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Josh Brolin jokes that helium has to discontinue acting aft the Academy snubbed "Dune: Part Two" manager with the 2025 Oscars nominations. (Getty Images)

"This is conscionable however this happening works. It makes nary consciousness to me."

Brolin praised the "Dune" sequel arsenic a "better movie" than the first, arsenic helium threatened to discontinue the manufacture successful November.

"If helium doesn’t get nominated this year, I’ll discontinue acting," Brolin told Variety. "It was a amended movie than the archetypal one. When I watched it, it felt similar my encephalon was breached open. It’s masterful, and Denis is 1 of our maestro filmmakers. If the Academy Awards person immoderate meaning whatsoever, they’ll admit him."

Austin Butler, Josh Brolin, Zendaya Coleman, Timothee Chalamet, Souheila Yacoub, Rebecca Ferguson, Denis Villeneuve, Lea Seydoux and Stellan Skarsgard be the "Dune: Part Two" Premiere connected Feb. 12, 2024. (Marc Piasecki/WireImage)

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Villeneuve wasn't the lone manufacture prima who was snubbed. Actresses specified arsenic Selena Gomez, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie and much were noticeably passed implicit for their parts successful their idiosyncratic films.

Nicole Kidman was snubbed by the Academy for the 2025 Oscars. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

While French manager Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez" received a full of 13 nominations, Selena Gomez, who plays Jessi Del Monte, the woman of a cartel person who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, did not snag a azygous nomination. 

Angelina Jolie, who portrays opera fable Maria Callas successful the film, underwent months of Italian lessons and rigorous vocal grooming to execute immoderate of Callas’s biggest hits, according to W magazine. However, she didn't triumph a information for champion actress.

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Demi Moore was nominated for her archetypal Oscar. (Chris Polk)

Meanwhile, Demi Moore earned her archetypal ever Oscar nomination for "The Substance." She's up for champion histrion alongside Cynthia Erivo for "Wicked," Mikey Madison for "Anora," Karla Sofia Gascon for "Emilia Perez" and Fernanda Torres for "I'm Still Here."

"Being nominated for an Oscar is an unthinkable grant and these past fewer months person been beyond my wildest dreams," Moore said successful a statement.

"Truly determination are nary words to afloat explicit my joyousness and overwhelming gratitude for this recognition. Not lone for maine but for what this movie represents. I americium profoundly humbled."

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Fox News Digital's Christina Dugan Ramirez contributed to this report.